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Media groups protest China’s growing intrusion on press freedoms in Hong Kong and Taiwan

Facing ongoing concerns that pressure from a bolder and more influential Beijing is eroding press freedoms, thousands of people took to the streets in Hong Kong on 23 February to protest growing censorship and a lack of editorial autonomy.

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-02-25 18:30

Letter to Prime Minister David Cameron

The Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organisations met in London following the WAN-IFRA press freedom mission to the United Kingdom (15-16 January 2014), and agreed to issue the following joint appeal to Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-02-18 13:51

Egyptian editors organise to confront media crisis

The elegant Greek Club in the heart of downtown Cairo has hosted many joyful society events over the years, but the 30 or so editors and leading journalists who gathered there on Monday for the inaugural meeting of the Egyptian Editors Association were not in a cheerful mood.

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-02-14 17:17

Online media freedom threatened in Turkey

Facing ongoing popular discontent since anti-government rallies in June 2013, Istanbul’s Taksim Square was once again the site of violent clashes with riot police over the weekend of 8-9 February, as demonstrators rallied against the latest development in a string of government moves testing media freedom.

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-02-14 17:09

World's Press Concerned by Journalists' Safety after Cameraman's death in Brazil

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) addressed a letter to President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday 11 February expressing their "grave concern" at the recent death of journalist Santiago Andrade.

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Rodrigo Bonilla

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2014-02-12 15:40

Protest Campaign - Brazil, 11 February 2014

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Rodrigo Bonilla

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2014-02-12 13:40

Protest Campaign - Myanmar, 7 February 2014

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-02-07 17:10

Protest Campaign - Belarus, 29 January 2014

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-01-30 17:11

World’s Press Deeply Concerned by Attack on Journalist’s Home in Mexico

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) have called for an immediate and thorough investigation into an armed attack on the home of Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández.

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Rodrigo Bonilla

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2014-01-22 12:29

Protest Campaign - Mexico, 21 January 2014

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Rodrigo Bonilla

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2014-01-22 12:08

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